Monday, September 19, 2016

Tightrope Walking, Laptop Dust,

Having been interested in the person trying to walk a tightrope in the park here, when I saw this picture in the National Geographic I just had to share it. Although this guy is using a tether I still think he's nuts. He isn't using a balance pole either. Tethered to a highline, Tyler Meester, a backpacking guide, traverses a 65-foot span over a precipitous drop in California’s Yosemite National Park. He’s one of many millennials who work in the national parks to be near some of the best hiking and rock climbing. I'd send him the picture if I could.

The young man who repairs my computers sent me a picture on Saturday of the cooling element in my laptop. Boy was it ever dirty. No wonder it was getting to hot to handle. There is an excellent video on how to do this, but with my propensity, lately, of dropping bits of earrings etc. and not being able to find them, I figured with all the screws and little bits off the motherboard I had better shell out and get it done professionally. That bit that looks like grey/brown felt is dust/lint.

This picture caught my eye and reading the recipe it sounded a nice easy dish to prepare. This is from a blog from an English girl who is also a Jo.One Pot Cheesy Chicken Broccoli and Rice Casserole
it's cheesy, it's comforting and it's made in one pot. It's dinner!

1. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Add chopped onion and cubed chicken. Cook on medium heat for a few minutes until the chicken starts to brown a bit. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in garlic and cook for another 30 seconds until garlic gets aromatic.

2. Add the rice, cream of chicken soup and chicken broth. Start with 2 cups of chicken broth and if more is needed add more until rice is fully cooked. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and cook over medium heat until the rice is fully cooked, stirring occasionally, should take about 15 minutes or so. Taste for seasoning and adjust as necessary.

3. Add the broccoli florets and half the cheese then continue cooking for 2 more minutes, until broccoli softens a bit. Sprinkle over the top with remaining cheese and place the skillet under the broiler for a couple more minutes, just until it melts and starts to brown a bit.

Depends how long you've had it and how much you use it I guess Helen. You can always get some compressed air and blow it through the fan hole at the back. Mind you a lot came out when I did that but it was still like that inside.

There was a tightrope walker about 3 summers ago who crossed part of the grand canyon but he used a balance pole and no harness. I'm glad you had your computer guy work on your laptop. And that cassarole looks sooooo good! Real comfort food.

That casserole looks so good! I could even sit on the edge of that ravine like the one person is let alone walk across it. I hate to think what the inside of my laptop looks like after seeing that picture.

Now that is dust. We never think that dust can collect like that in a computer. As for the guy tightrope walking? He is nuts! He could be tethered and just fly right up against the rocks like Wily E. Coyote.

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Happily married for 45 years, originally from the UK, living in Canada now. Interested in cooking, reading and wildlife conservation. Read more at http://satimaflavell.blogspot.ca/2009/02/fresh-fields-reading-and-recipes.html